Memorial March after assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Main Street, Memphis, TN, April 8, 1968

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Memorial March after assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Main Street, Memphis, TN, April 8, 1968

Photograph by
Dr. Ernest C. Withers, American, 1922 - 2007
Subject of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
Description
A black-and-white photograph depicting a memorial march after the assassination of Dr. King. People march from top right to bottom left carrying signs saying "HONOR KING: END RACISM" and "UNION JUSTICE NOW!"
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anthony Decaneas, Decaneas Archive, and Ernest C. Withers Trust
April 8, 1968
Object number
2011.16.5
Restrictions & Rights
© Ernest C. Withers Trust
Type
gelatin silver prints
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W: 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (50.2 x 40 cm)
Place depicted
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Media Arts-Photography
Movement
Civil Rights Movement
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Civil Rights
Photography
U.S. History, 1961-1969
Record ID
nmaahc_2011.16.5
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55d32865e-4361-452e-96aa-138450148f3b